Question

Cloze test.

For many people, having your own business sounds like the perfect job. You can do work that you love. You can set your own timetable, and wear jeans to work. You never have to________a boss, and you make all decisions yourself. You can even raise your salary any time you want.

But the reality is different. "Having your own business can be________,"says David Paik. After working for an advertising agency for six years, he started a website design business at home. His income in the first two months was $0.________, he got a big project creating a website for a magazine. Then he had a new problem: his timetable. "I was working twelve hours a day, seven days a week, because I didn't have employees to help me." Today, Palk Web Design is successful, but David says, "I really wasn't prepared to be a business owner. I didn't________the difficulty."

With no boss, it's easy to take too much time off-and get too little work done. With no workmates, you might feel bored or________. You have to pay for your own holidays. If you make a bad business decision, you could lose all the money. For all of these reasons, more than half of all new business fail within one year.

Another problem is balancing work with personal life. As a business owner, you can't just stop at 5 p. m. and forget about your work until tomorrow. "Even when I'm watching TV in the evening, I'm always thinking about my________and projects," says David Paik.

Still, hundreds of people around the world start businesses every day, and most enjoy the experience. "There are lots of advantages to having your own business," says Denise Williams, the owner of a women's clothing store. "You can decide exactly how to do your work, how much money you want to make, and who will work for you."

1.A.talk about B.listen to C.hear from D.look after

2.A.hard B.expensive C.foolish D.strange

3.A.As a result B.In addition C.For example D.At last

4.A.memorize B.realize C.have D.solve

5.A.angry B.funny C.lonely D.sorry

6.A.lessons B.holidays C.customers D.friends

Answer

1.B

2.A

3.B

4.D

5.C

6.C

【解析】

文章大意：对许多人来说，拥有自己的事业听起来是一份完美的工作。但事实并非如此。文章通过David Paik的亲身经历向我们说明了“拥有自己的事业很难。” 尽管如此，世界各地每天仍有数百人创业，大多数人都很享受这种（创业）经历。Denise Williams就认为拥有自己的事业有很多好处。

1.句意：你从来不用听老板的，所有的决定都是你自己做的。

talk about谈论；listen to听；hear from收到…的来信；look after照顾、照看。根据下文and you make all decisions yourself. 所有的决定都是你自己做的，可知你从来不用听老板的，故答案选B。

2.句意：“拥有自己的生意可能很难，”David Paik说。

hard困难的；expensive昂贵的；foolish愚蠢的；strange奇怪的。根据下文His income in the first two months was $0. 他头两个月的收入是0美元。可知David Paik说的是拥有自己的生意可能很难，故答案选A。

3.句意：此外，他还得到了一个为杂志创建网站的大项目。

As a result结果；In addition此外、另外；For example例如；At last最后、终于。根据上文After working for an advertising agency for six years, he started a website design business at home. 在一家广告公司工作了6年后，他开始在家里做网站设计生意。以及下文he got a big project creating a website for a magazine. 他还得到了一个为杂志创建网站的大项目。可知此处表达的是“此外、另外”，故答案选B。

4.句意：但是David说:“我真的没有准备好成为一个企业主。我没有解决这个困难。”

memorize记住；realize实现、获得；have有；solve解决。根据后面的关键词difficulty，可知是没有解决这个困难，故答案选D。

5.句意：没有同事，你可能会感到无聊或孤独。

angry生气的；funny有趣的；lonely孤独的、寂寞的；sorry遗憾的。根据With no workmates, you might feel bored or__5__.中的关键词bored无聊的，and连接两个并列成分，结合语境及选项，可知没有同事，应是会感到无聊或孤独，故答案选C。

6.句意：即使我晚上看电视，我也总是想着我的客户和项目。

lessons功课；holidays假日；customers客户；friends朋友。and连接两个并列成分，由后面的关键词projects项目、工程，可知此处指的是客户，故答案选C。